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Crelling's Petrographic Atlas of Coals and Carbons

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TS75

ts75

Frame ID: TS75

All of the red material is vitrinite except for a few resinite ovoids. The back material is inertinite. The yellow material is material is sporinite except for the feature in the center of the frame that is a sporangium, a sack of spores that was buried before it matured enough to break open and disperse the spores. (transmitted light, Harlan Seam, eastern Kentucky, width of field, left to right: ~350 µm)

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